DRUNK DRIVING SHAME – FAIR OR NOT!

Many newspapes choose to publish the names of people who have been charged with driving while intoxicated. I was reading my hometown newspaper The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La. and noticed they still do it. I haven’t seen it in the Houston Chronicle or larger cities where I have worked before. But do you think it’s a good or bad policy? Should people’s arrests for drinking and driving be made public in the newspaper through the shame game. I already know any arrest is public through police records but should local newspaper publications take on the responsibility of doing so? And do you think this is something our very own Houston Chronicle should consider or do we have bigger fish to fry in Houston? Just a lot of questions from The Insite!

Example from the Advocate in Baton Rouge, La:

Authorities book 5 on suspicion of DWIAuthorities arrested at least five people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 3 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday, booking records show.

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